Seattle Mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan and her supporters celebrate her first place position in the primary race, as returns come in Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. She captured 31.6 percent of the vote in a 21-candidate field. She needs 50.1 percent in November. less

Seattle Mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan and her supporters celebrate her first place position in the primary race, as returns come in Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. She captured 31.6 percent of the vote in a ... more

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Nikkita Oliver, greets supporters at Washington Hall in Seattle, Aug. 1, 2017. With 50,000 votes (at least)left to count, Oliver is fighting it out with Cary Moon for the right to face frontrunner Jenny Durkan in November.She is fight

Nikkita Oliver, greets supporters at Washington Hall in Seattle, Aug. 1, 2017. With 50,000 votes (at least)left to count, Oliver is fighting it out with Cary Moon for the right to face frontrunner Jenny Durkan

A demonstration of grass roots support: Nikkita Oliver's supporters lean in to hear her speech at Washington Hall in Seattle, Aug. 1, 2017.

A demonstration of grass roots support: Nikkita Oliver's supporters lean in to hear her speech at Washington Hall in Seattle, Aug. 1, 2017.

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Seattle Mayoral candidate Cary Moon and her supporters celebrate her second place position in the primary race, as returns come in Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. It's a tenuous position, as Moon and Nikkita Oliver contest for the right to face frontrunner Jenny Durkan in November. less

Seattle Mayoral candidate Cary Moon and her supporters celebrate her second place position in the primary race, as returns come in Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. It's a tenuous position, as Moon and Nikkita Oliver ... more

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Seattle Mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan and her supporters celebrate her first place position in the primary race, as returns come in Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. She is the frontrunner. She is not a sure thing.

Seattle Mayoral candidate Jenny Durkan and her supporters celebrate her first place position in the primary race, as returns come in Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. She is the frontrunner. She is not a sure thing.

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A a quick rundown of the six major candidates in Seattle's 2017 mayoral election.

A a quick rundown of the six major candidates in Seattle's 2017 mayoral election.

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The first openly gay U.S. Attorney in the country's history, Jenny Durkan served for five years of the Obama administration's federal prosecutor in Western Washington. A Seattle native who grew up in Issaquah, she was part of Christine Gregoire's victorious legal team in the 2004 gubernatorial elections. The 59-year-old would likely continue many of Ed Murray's policies, but said she would also order a top-to-bottom review of the Seattle Department of Transportation to ensure "basic city services" are carried out.

The first openly gay U.S. Attorney in the country's history, Jenny Durkan served for five years of the Obama administration's federal prosecutor in Western Washington. A Seattle native who grew up in Issaquah,

Jessyn Farrell stepped down as the state representative for the 46th District so she could raise funds for her mayoral run (legislators cannot raise campaign money while in session). The 43-year-old former director of the Transportation Choices Coalition is a true believer in light rail and wants to focus attention on affordable housing, taxes and environmental issues. She has the backing of notables like State Land Commissioner Hillary Franz, City Council member Rob Johnson and Seattle Port Commissioner Fred Felleman.

A state senator since 2013, Bob Hasegawa served in the state house for eight years representing his native Beacon Hill neighborhood. The 64-year-old was a labor leader in Seattle for more than three decades, serving nine years as head of Teamsters Local 174. A Bernie Sanders delegate in the 2016 presidential election, Hasegawa wants to create both a Washington State Bank and a Seattle Municipal Bank, using the latter to solve the city's problems of housing affordability and homelessness.

A state senator since 2013, Bob Hasegawa served in the state house for eight years representing his native Beacon Hill neighborhood. The 64-year-old was a labor leader in Seattle for more than three decades,

Mike McGinn served as the city's chief executive from 2010 to 2013. A bicycle-riding, strong-willed idealist -- particularly on matters of climate change -- the 57-year-old McGinn often chafed with the city's Democratic establishment, including the majority of the Seattle City Council. His term as mayor was marked by his opposition to the tunnel project to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct, as well as a federal investigation of the Seattle Police Department after allegations of repeated uses of excessive force.

Mike McGinn served as the city's chief executive from 2010 to 2013. A bicycle-riding, strong-willed idealist -- particularly on matters of climate change -- the 57-year-old McGinn often chafed with the city's

Activist and urban planner Cary Moon was another vocal opponent of the tunnel project. Her civic involvement earned her the Municipal League of King County's "Citizen of the Year" award in 2009, and she was named Real Change's "Change Agent of the Year" in 2011. She is a past winner of one of The Stranger's "Genius" award and wants to reform taxation in Seattle, favoring a direct tax on real estate speculation by outsiders and a real estate excise tax on high-income development.

Activist and urban planner Cary Moon was another vocal opponent of the tunnel project. Her civic involvement earned her the Municipal League of King County's "Citizen of the Year" award in 2009, and she was

A teacher, poet, Black Lives Matter activist and leader of the newly minted Peoples Party, 31-year-old Nikkita Oliver is the city's grassroots candidate. She believes in comprehensive tax reform and would eliminate sweeps of homeless encampments in favor of creating Navigation Centers, where people can use a bathroom, take a shower, prepare for job interviews and use kitchen facilities. Oliver has been a vocal critic of the city's new youth jail and champions the Community Police Commission.

A teacher, poet, Black Lives Matter activist and leader of the newly minted Peoples Party, 31-year-old Nikkita Oliver is the city's grassroots candidate. She believes in comprehensive tax reform and would

Ex-U.S. Attorney Jenny Durkan has 19 points to go before she becomes the first woman to serve as Seattle's mayor since Bertha K. Landes in 1928.

She must take a 31.6 percent showing in the primary election, and grow it to at least 50.1 percent with the much larger electorate sure to turn out in November. Durkan will "double down and do as much or more work," she said Wednesday in a morning-after-primary interview.

"I'm not ceding the grassroots to anyone," Durkan said. She has already been labeled an "establishment candidate" by prospective November rival Cary Moon. She doubtless saw the impressive turnout at Washington Hall for candidate Nikkita Oliver.

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She is a first time candidate -- albeit from a distinguished political family -- and has built a campaign of impressive depth and breadth ... and reach into wealthy pockets. Durkan and her campaign have contacted 35,000 voters since its launch in May.

She is, however, closely tied in to the business community. Durkan was the first gay U.S. Attorney in the nation when President Obama appointed her in 2009. Yet, the city's LGBTQ constituency, lots of it young, has not felt courted.

Oliver and Moon will fight it out for who faces Durkan in November. They were 1.57 percentage points apart -- Moon in the lead -- in the initial vote count on Tuesday night.

Retiring Mayor Ed Murray has reflected of the dramatic developments during his four-year term, not just the 74 construction cranes downtown, but of the hardening political climate of America. The Trump election showed it last November, but anger seen in Seattle has risen from the left.

The police execution of an unarmed teenager in Ferguson, Missouri -- and deaths of other young African-American men -- have spawned the Black Lives Matter movement.

Seattle has seen big, angry protests. Of all people, Bernie Sanders was disrupted by jargon-spouting BLM activists at a 2015 Seattle rally. The disruption came just as Sanders' stump speech was zeroing in on high unemployment among Hispanic and African American youths in America.

Identity politics has become an invasive, divisive, disruptive factor in a city used to the "Seattle way" in which everybody gets consulted and stays civil. People in the city's public life have been stereotyped by race and occupation, and at times because they have dared compromise to get results.

Cary Moon, an urban planner, has not feared to rap about race and white privilege. "White people, it's time to listen," she said at one point.

Her goal is "a progressive inclusive city," Durkan said Wednesday. "I went door to door and people are tired of the politics of Washington, D.C. Seattle deserves better."

She will need to flesh out the "better." "Too many people are going to be closed out of Seattle," Durkan said. "Growth is in the process of crushing Seattle."

What, then, are you going to do about it?

Durkan will have a race in November, especially if her foe is Nikkita Oliver, a lawyer, activist, poet, and Black Lives Matter activist. Oliver is a compelling figure. Durkan has said her pick would be Oliver if she could not be mayor.

A hot week is seeing the start of a hot contest.

Columnist Joel Connelly has written about politics for the P-I since 1973.